Trump's economic advisor warned of 'millions of lives lost and trillions in economic loss' from the coronavirus in two memos in January and February

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• The Trump administration received at least two memos — the first in January the second in February — from economic advisor Peter Navarro on both the human and economic costs of the coronavirus outbreak.
• By the second memo, sent directly to President Trump on February 23, Navarro warned that as many as two million people could die and the economic loss could be as much as $6 trillion.
• Some senior officials thought Navarro was being an alarmist. 
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Economic advisor Peter Navarro sent a memo to the National Security Council in January that predicted hundreds of thousands would die from the coronavirus and the economy would see a loss of trillions of dollars, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Overall, Navarro sent at least two memos, both warning of the grave impact if the coronavirus outbreak was not contained in the US.

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